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to the Sultanate of 'Oman. Turki towards the end of his life bad
expressed a wish to separate Gwadar from the rest of his dominions and
to leave it to Muhammad; but the idea was not countenanced by the
Bnfcifih authorities, and no step was taken by Turki towards carrying it
into effect. On the decease of Turki, the sovereignty was assumed by Faisal,
who m 1881 had married his cousin 'Alaiyah, daughter of Thuwaini, and
wh ^e claims were supported by his brother Fahad; and Muhammad,
conscmuboi-- inferiority and unsupported by any party, made no
,, 01 r ' aSh(lt lns claims. Most of the Shaikhs of 'Oman, including
the treacherous Salih-WAi;, Harithi, responded in loyal terms to the
annonneement by Faisal of his own snceession; and, contrary to the
general cx^cta^on no disturbaaoe of the general pea.e took place. The
' 0 e o Saiyid taisal at his accession was about 23
Internal events in 'Oman from the accession of Faisal to the
rebellion of 1895.
Loss of
'Awabi and
failure of an
attempt by
Faisal to
recover it.
The proceedings of the Iritish Government, chiefly the continuance
j. a "" i 0 0 Zanzibar" subsidy without interruption, the
discouragement of 'Abdul 'Aziz and Ibrahim-bin-Qais, and the
ultimate recognition of Faisal as Sultan in 1890, are discussed in a
later paragraph ; here we shall relate only s uch events of the first part of
his reign as belong to the internal history of the country.
The first emergency with which the new ruler had'to deal was the
loss Ot Awab... this fort, well placed for watching the valley of Rusta,.
r, - ln . res " lt ot a d'spute between the 'Abriyin and Bani
thJ^dif ^itr u iS i t tl r- possession of Saiyid Turki - 0n
f 1 Awabl was captured by Ibrahim-bin-Qais
rn^th r V" ' 6 by the garriSOn i and 0n tbe i 841 ' of «=e same
son ot Shlb' 7-TT'lf ^ his brother Muhammad and by Tahnun,
Barkah h .? dllabl ' p ™ceeded in the "Snltani" to
Suwlf \ y 0£ about 3,000 men was collected. The
Fa 1 Ce r; WUShaU in W4di Fara ' -ttont opposition, and
Jn „ f p ! t: r;r u8h to ^ ^ furt ^
guns, ot which he had brought three with Inm . k + u* ^
he was unable to pay, were anxious tn ^' PS '
Yal Sa'ad tribe suddenly rose in hi" , 6erl0U . S g iUg ' ^ ^
with the coast. After less than „ ,; 1 " Cut hls «"nmu"ication s
a month s campaign the defection of